Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23
HE HAD BEEN THERE.
HE HAD BEEN THERE.
What He Would Say About Wichita, IL
That Case. Would Certainly be a
Wonderful Story.
m the waynesville toaiol News.

From the waynesville tOhio) News
Our interviewer made an effort to get
talk for the paper from Mr.. Gordon J
Wright In regard to the state of affairs il
| Wichita, Kansas.
But he declined to be interviewed.
"Why." said he, ''if We're TO tell out {
tenth of what saw and heard and know t.
be true, should Immediately be set down
| by my acquaintance as the champion liaT
OF America So sha'nt talk; you CAM
get an interview out of me. I'm not a TO
mancer."
| 1.-The half has not been told, them"
mo, nor the hundredth part. I tell
you it is wonderful, the growth of tina,
young city, which has sprung up as Is by
magic. / never saw, never dreamed OF
anything before like it. Capitalists art
there from all over the country, and real
estate is advancing in value and changing
hands Sd fast that it makes one giddy."
"Well, do you think the boom has come
to stay, or is it only temporary"
Il think it will stay right along, and
that Wichita is bound tb be the city of
Kansas. Buildings are constantly going
up; they have magnificent public and bust
ness buildings, and just now are putting
up an immense sixstOry hotel. The city
is illuminated with electric light; all the
modern discoveries and Improvements are
brought into requisition, and everything
indicates the most abundant prosperity and
happiness"
What's the population7"
"35, 900 resident, and l should Judge as
many more floating. The city is SO crowd
ed with strangers that they can't be accom-
modated ar the hotels. One young man
from Waynesville, who was there day or
two before came, had 10 sit up all night
for want Of bed-and the streets are more
thronged with people than those of Cincin-
natl or Philadelphia. There is no stagna-
ton in anything; all Is buoyant, exhnber-
ant life "
'You planted little seed in that fertile
soil, of course7'
who was here last year introducing the
Remington fire engine' He's out there
selling the earth, and made my purchases
of him. And there is a
good deal of other Waynesville money
invested in Wichita, bat just whose it is l
am not at liberty to divulge. By the way,
Ri Davis, who came here with little or
nothing, is now worth in the neighborhood
of fifteen thousand dollars"
lone noticeable feature in Wichita is the
number of young men who have made for
tunes and established their families in mag
nificent homes-hOmes such as we know
nothing about. Elder Thompson who
used to preach at Middle Run, has made
So, 900 for Mrs. Well T. Silver. One lady
paid $50 for lot six years ago, and the
other day sold it for $4,000. Think of
that and figure up what you have lost, and
then go and drown YOURSELF
The thirty eight carloads Of corn sent
by the people of Wichita to the Cincinnati
lood-sutferers was the best advertisement
Wichita ever had. But she gets plenty of
of advertising now, and is known far and
near. You might say all roads lead to
Wichita. for the tide of travel for people
who want to invest money, is certainly set
towards Wichita. There are only 700 real
estate agents in Wichita, and saw no in
dicatiOn that any of them were starving to
death The people are boring for gas;
they have found what is pronounced gold,
by experts;-and the fact is. they are
bound to have the best of everything that
money will procure. But decline to be
And We wish We may die if we interview
ed him.